Dungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game Playthrough | Let's Play Adventure 2: Find the Icon

[@stephengilbert8166]

This is possibly the best playthrough I have ever seen of this game on you tube: well narrated, well explained, and enticing from start to finish. Also beautifully painted miniatures (was just a nice bonus, not essential, but hats of to you for how lovely they look). I`d loooove to see you do many many more of these D&D Adventure System videos, especially when you bring the game to life so superbly.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks so much for the kind words; that's high praise indeed! I do have plans to do some more playthroughs eventually, but they're quite hard to fit into the schedule. I want to do something with a big boss fight.

[@DwaineWoolley]

I like they way you do play throughs. Very clear descriptions of what's going on. Love it. Keen to see the rest of the adventures you upload in Ravenloft

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[@parsivaltrask7453]

Brilliant play through. Love Ravenloft. Hope to see some more adventures in the future.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks. I think this game is great. I've done two playthroughs so far showing different aspects of the game, but I haven't shown off a villain yet so I might do another playthrough with a proper boss fight at the end. It really depends if enough people are interested in seeing it!

[@phildevey6302]

So that went pretty well - some good dice rolling from you, and it all unfolded in just the right way. Fairly unusual, as you said. Having just got Wrath of Ashardalon in this series these playthroughs are very good for reminding me of the rules, and a few little choices about placement etc. that are very interesting. Am loving this series, and would definitely like to see some more.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Yeah. Normally these games of D&D involve a lot more screaming and running around as monsters pile up everywhere. This was a by the books extraction of a magical artefact. I'm sure the next mission will be pure chaos.

[@johnhe0414]

Wow….I want to go back and play Castle Ravenloft. Hard to believe that it came out a decade ago!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Yeah, it's getting on now, but I still have so much fun with it.

[@NikoTeaJay]

Making me want to paint & play my Ashardalon set. Fun playthrough.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks for watching. I have Ashardalon too, but only a few bits from it are painted at the moment. There are some cool heroes in that set.

[@martyc9567]

Brilliant play through and yet again I'm learning to play a set of games I have had for years. I have Ravenloft, Ashardalon, Drizzt and Temple of elemental evil. Tried to play Ravenloft a few years ago with my nephew and got the rules totally wrong, resulting in us getting wiped out within 3 tiles lol. Brilliant content as usual. Thanks Kevin.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks for watching. I’m glad you found the video helpful. You’ve got a great set of games there to play through!

[@Starglider77]

Great play through! I’ve watched these a couple of times now and couldn’t resist the temptation to pick a copy up today. Looking forward to playing with the family. Thanks 😊

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. These adventure games are great fun; I hope you all enjoy it.

[@filiusvivam4315]

i appreciate the time you took to document, explain and video each character turn. Great narrative. I actually just bought the game because of your playthroughs.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoy the game.

[@dylanspencer759]

Man I miss all the playthroughs

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Playthroughs have to happen when I can fit them in. Running this channel isn't my job (as much as I would like it to be) and when the kids are home for the summer holidays it's impossible for me to have the time and space necessary for something that might take a full day, or even longer, to shoot. School holidays are over now, so I am hoping to step up playthroughs again.

[@kevinkubicheski6359]

Hope to see more Ravenloft adventures. Wanna see you go against the dracolich.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

But the dracolich is so scary!

[@kevinkubicheski6359]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring you can do it lol

[@vodevick]

Really well done playthrough! Excellent! Thank you!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@toferkrz946]

I got the game when it first came out and loved it to bits. But in 2021, with all the modern dungeoncrawl games that came out in the interim, it almost feels... quaint.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

There isn’t really anything else that does what these D&D games do in quite the same way and in such a streamlined accessible way. They are a very specific blend of dungeon crawl, resource management and puzzle game. As enjoyable to me today as it’s ever been.

[@Mailed-Knight]

Cool playthrough.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks. I always have fun with this game.

[@stevenkennedy4130]

Impressive. Most impressive.

[@Viktor14_]

What a playthrough! You should consider changing the intro to three natty 20!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

To get three 20s for the intro I would have to convince the dice I was rolling for enemy attacks against me! This playthrough did go incredibly well though. The way the cards came out in a chain of really helpful events and circumstances was incredible.

[@PanfishingJournal]

Liked and subscribed! Great video.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you for the support.

[@williammyles]

Great play through thanks 😊

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@johnmiddleton4291]

I'm fairly certain you edited multiple takes of rolls and card draws together to make this so smooth. No other explanation.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

You think too highly of my editing skills! I have a hard enough time cutting down hours of footage of me stumbling over what I’m trying to say without having to worry about fixing the dice rolls and card draws as well! One thing’s for sure, I’ll never get a run through Ravenloft this lucky ever again. It was incredible.

[@Arjay82]

The fan made Revised rules made this game so much more pleasant. It combines the Exploration and Hero phases into one big phase. You can explore/move/attack in any combination. So you can reveal a monster and immediately attack it which makes much more sense thematically than just being frozen and them getting the jump on you every time.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I love the game how it is. It's a puzzle to solve with it's own unique style.

[@ulcbattlereports7388]

Top class playthrough! Thanks👍

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks.

[@xda2o2]

I bought this in a charity shop for 13 quid. I think the previous owner thought it was missing a pile of figures. You got to lift the insert out to find the rest. He he.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Ha. When you buy the game new all the miniatures are bagged in the large well in the insert, except for the dracolich in a separate well. Not sure why someone would put them under the insert. That's a great price for this game, though. Well done.

[@josephwiley5880]

Great video!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you.

[@swishsplash]

I have question about monsters activation, does a specific monster only activate on a hero's turn who has drawn them from the monster deck? Say, its immoril's turn but thorgim drew a skeleton, so the skeleton does not activate during immoril's villain phase (unless otherwise specified in the tactics).

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Monsters activate after the hero "controlling" them activates. However, if there are multiple instances of the same type of monster on the map they will all activate whenever one activates, so the threat can escalate rapidly.

[@swishsplash]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Ahh okay thank you. I have played couple of the first adventures at this point and i seemed to got this one wrong on rules, i would always active all the monsters on any hero's villain phase

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

@@swishsplash Yes, you are making it harder on yourself. On the Sequence of Play card it says "Activate each Monster and Trap YOU control, in the order you drew them." In the full rules it clarifies that if there are multiples of any one creature, then they will all activate. Also remember that each player can only have one of each monster at a time.

[@swishsplash]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring That clears it all up, thank you very much

[@zethrenbeltran4071]

Man i rewatch this now and still awesome :p too lazy to pull out my copy and watching this for some reason just scratches the same itch :p

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Well thanks for watching (and rewatching). I'm glad you like the video.

[@Husshuss100]

How many encounters do you draw on villain phase? Special rules say you draw an encounter card at the start of villain phase for the rest of the adventure after uncovering the chapel. Do you still draw another encounter if you do not explore?

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

This is clarified in the FAQ on the last page of the rules (and I can't remember what I did in this playthrough, I may have played it incorrectly). The encounter card is in addition to any other cards you would draw for not exploring.

[@riot_of_flowers725]

New here, and freshly subscribed. Just started getting into board games like this, and I have to say that I really love your playthroughs man. Aside from them being entertaining to watch/listen to while I'm supposed to be working, they've actually helped me out on a couple things I wasn't sure of. I'd love to see you do more. Definitely would love to see a Klak's Infernal Artifact, Final Transformation, or a Horror of the Howling Hag playthrough. Take care, man.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you so much for subscribing, and for the kind words. I'm really glad you are enjoying the playthroughs. I love doing playthroughs for the channel, but unfortunately they are quite time consuming so I don't get to do as many as I would like to. Hopefully I can put some more up soon, though.

[@riot_of_flowers725]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Oh no, I hope you don't think I was trying to pressure you, man. Haha. I definitely get it. I work 12 hour days, 5 days a week. I did a Klak's Infernal Artifact run, with myself controlling 2 heroes, and before I knew it, 2 hours had passed. Between work, and all the other life engagements, I barely have time to game, and paint miniatures. If I could just win the lottery, man. I'm thankful for you sharing what you can!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

@@riot_of_flowers725 don’t worry. I didn’t take it as any kind of pressure, and I really appreciate your feedback. When people take the time to comment I like to give a full response if I can.

[@1000jjwalker]

well played. pop out the gin.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Everything went my way. It doesn't happen often!

[@zethrenbeltran4071]

Subbed!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you for the support.

[@manilapcgaming7217]

Such a fantastic game!! Just a question: If I engage a Kobold Skirmisher in melee and miss, does the Kobold Skirmisher attack in melee with its Javelin?? Do these ranged monsters attack in melee (e.g. Blazing Skeleton, etc.). Kinda weird these ranged monsters attack heroes adjacent to them when they're designed to attack in range.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Monsters all follow their own unique AI. If a blazing skeleton is on a tile with a hero, or on a tile adjacent to a tile with a hero, it attacks all heroes on the closest hero's tile with a fireball. Otherwise, it moves one tile closer. So, in that monster's case, it is setting the whole room on fire. The kobold skirmishers do the same thing except they only target a single hero. In this case, if the hero was at range you can imagine the kobold would be throwing the javelin, but if it was on an adjacent space it would just poke the hero.

[@jannadolny558]

Im waiting for Adventure 3 :)

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I will try to do it at some point, but I have so many things I want to do on the channel and so little time!

[@garymoore2674]

Hi Kev,just ordered this,looks interesting,might have to cancel Fate of the Nostromo

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

They are both great games, but Ravenloft has a lot more going on. I hope you enjoy it.

[@jnishar]

That first skeleton actually had 3 attacks. You forgot the monster phase.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

No I didn't. The event card states the monsters you control will activate twice in your villain phase, not three times, and I did activate the skeleton twice. There is no such thing as a monster phase.

[@jnishar]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring you are right. I all ways believed, since monsters move last, that they had their own phase 😀

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

@@jnishar no worries. It’s easy enough to be mistaken because they call it the villain phase but it’s actually the part of the game where you draw the encounter, activate the villain and activate the monsters. It probably should have a different name for that part of the game.

[@riversongxoxo9010]

The first skeleton attack actually still would had hit even using the shield card. It only pumped the character’s AC to 16 from 14, so a Nat 20 still hits.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

@@riversongxoxo9010 No it wouldn't. The shield ability causes the current attack to miss, and then boosts your AC until the end of your next hero phase.

[@stethespaniard2]

There is so much I love about these games but so much I hate. Every enemy gets a hit on you before you do. Also +9 for a kobold? You’re almost certainly going to be hit. The fact every enemy knows knows exactly where you are. Their movement is so weird. I always play with my own rules

[@Ryguy0707]

If the wizard didn't kill all 3 monsters would they all attack the wizard? Or do monsters only attack who is closest/who drew them

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

It depends entirely on the monsters you are facing. They all have their own AI program to follow, and that tells you exactly how they attack, and which targets they prioritise. Sometimes, if there are several viable targets, the heroes get to pick, and it's built into the design that you would normally make the most beneficial selection possible.

[@AstaRoth0086]

Temple of e. Evil is more more difficult! I am playing just in these day

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I’m not surprised as Temple introduced stuff like the trap tiles. That’s good because I though Drizzt was too easy. I like Ravenloft the best. I think it has a good balance and interesting missions.

[@AstaRoth0086]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring what do ya think about wrath of ashardalon ?

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

@@AstaRoth0086 I like Wrath a lot. Of the three I own, Ravenloft is my favourite, and Drizzt is my least favourite, with Wrath sitting in the middle. I like a lot of Wrath's enemies, and it added some good new heroes as well, and there were just enough changes in the rules to add something a bit different to what Ravenloft started.